Desert Runner Trail Series

JAN

2027

A series of trail race days in Queen Creek, AZ featuring short to ultra distances across four race dates. The event operates cupless aid stations with reusable cups available.

Sat 9 Jan 2027

Cave Creek, Arizona

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60 kilometers 50 kilometers 40 kilometers 35 kilometers 30 kilometers 26 kilometers 22 kilometers 13 miles 17 kilometers 10 miles 12 kilometers 9 kilometers 5 miles

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Desert Runner Trail Series - Spring Pass

The Desert Runner Trail Series Spring Pass is a sequence of trail race days based in Queen Creek, AZ. The series groups multiple distance options into named series and lists four race days in the spring season. Event names and dates for the series are San Tan Scramble (1/10), Coldwater Rumble (1/17), Elephant Mountain (2/7), and Mesquite Canyon (3/14).

Distances are organized by series:

Quail (Short) Series: 9 km, 5 mile, 12 km, half marathon
Roadrunner (Middle) Series: 17 km, 10 mile, 22 km, half marathon
Owl (Trail) Series: 26 km, 40 km, 35 km, 30 km
Hawk (Ultra) Series: 50 km, 60 km, 50 km, 50 km

The event listing notes cupless events to reduce race footprint. Reusable UltrAspire cups are available at registration and on race day, or participants may bring their own cup. The series references several category names including Hummingbird (Mini), Owl (Trail), Roadrunner (Middle), and Quail (Short) and is centered in Queen Creek, Arizona. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

60 km

Hawk (ultra) Series - Coldwater Rumble

50 km

Hawk (ultra) Series - San Tan Scramble

50 km

Hawk (ultra) Series - Mesquite Canyon

50 km

Hawk (ultra) Series - Elephant Mountain

40 km

Owl (trail) Series - Coldwater Rumble

35 km

Owl (trail) Series - Elephant Mountain